Re: ~~ Official 2012 Lineup Approval Rating ~~

Wes, kudos for doing this. I find it really interesting to see how the ratings compare. I think it probably tells us more about what kids of people visit the message board in each month, than it actually tells us about the lineup.

Re: ~~ Official 2012 Lineup Approval Rating ~~

My vote is below "average", which on this scale is disapprove it seems. The reason I say below average is because, at least in my experience (5th year vet), Coachella usually provides a much better lower tier than this, and the headliners, with the exception of Radiohead are kind of weak (e.g. Black Keys? Do they even have two songs that sound different from one another?). And most of these lower tier bands don't even have a single album I would play from beginning to end on a regular basis, when I have company over, or even driving alone in my car. Sure I own a lot of these albums from a lot of these bands, but would I say that I love any of them?... with the exception of Bon Iver's, Bon Iver, and DJ Shadow's Endtroducing (which he wont even play from).. NOPE! I guess you cant have amazing artists like LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Beach House, Fever Ray, Pixies, Daft Punk, Arcade Fire (before they were huge), TvOTR, Animal Collective, on the undercard every year. Maybe music just sucks right now. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RUMORED LINEUP. THAT UNDERCARD WAS WAAAAAY BETTER!

Re: ~~ Official 2012 Lineup Approval Rating ~~

Originally Posted by Lt. Dangel

My vote is below "average", which on this scale is disapprove it seems. The reason I say below average is because, at least in my experience (5th year vet), Coachella usually provides a much better lower tier than this, and the headliners, with the exception of Radiohead are kind of weak (e.g. Black Keys? Do they even have two songs that sound different from one another?). And most of these lower tier bands don't even have a single album I would play from beginning to end on a regular basis, when I have company over, or even driving alone in my car. Sure I own a lot of these albums from a lot of these bands, but would I say that I love any of them?... with the exception of Bon Iver's, Bon Iver, and DJ Shadow's Endtroducing (which he wont even play from).. NOPE! I guess you cant have amazing artists like LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Beach House, Fever Ray, Pixies, Daft Punk, Arcade Fire (before they were huge), TvOTR, Animal Collective, on the undercard every year. Maybe music just sucks right now. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RUMORED LINEUP. THAT UNDERCARD WAS WAAAAAY BETTER!

THANK YOU

i guess i'd say average - Radiohead sort of makes up for The Black Keys and Dr Dre Snoop (not a fan of rap or the former). M83 is pretty huge consider his release last year was pretty mega. For the lower tier i think you have to find the hidden gems. I have a feeling Keep Shelly In Athens will have a stand out set. Wolf Gang, We Were Promised Jetpacks and WU LYF are very solid for "lower tier bands". haven't listend much to Sunday's lower tier groups yet...